encardia

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐγκαρδία (enkardía).

Noun

encardia f (genitive encardiae); first declension

  1. An unknown kind of precious stone with a figure of a heart on it

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative encardia encardiae
genitive encardiae encardiārum
dative encardiae encardiīs
accusative encardiam encardiās
ablative encardiā encardiīs
vocative encardia encardiae

References

  • “encardia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • encardia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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